Pretoria: 30 September – 11 October 2024
Overview
Companies and organisations generate surplus funds and seek investment avenues to deploy this cash to generate optimum returns. Different investment options exist and each investment option comes with some inherent credit risk or market risk. Therefore, investors evaluate risks in different investment products and based on their risk appetite, choose the right investment product to generate incremental yield. This course takes a look at different risks, nuances and several aspects of various investment products such as money markets, G-sec, corporate bonds, ETFs, mutual funds, AIF, REITs and structured products. It gives practical insights into operations of investment management function at different industries such as corporates, bank, insurance companies, asset management companies and pension funds. Participants also get to understand the governance structure, regulatory aspects and the decision-making criteria for each of these five industries for investment function.
This course is suitable for investors, investment experts, finance officials, accountants and internal auditors, risk officials, managers and supervisors, procurement professionals, anyone interested
The course helps delegates understand:
- Concepts and overview of different risks and different investment objectives
- Factors affecting choice of investment
- Investment products
- Investment products in global market
- Investment management life cycle
- Operations of investment functions
- Governance structure